Full Text of HR1375 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to congratulate Marc Laino on the | 4 | | occasion of his retirement as Executive Director of the | 5 | | Illinois Racing Board after 31 years of dedicated public | 6 | | service; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Marc Laino has been a member of the Illinois | 8 | | Racing Board since 1987, holding the positions of Deputy | 9 | | Director, State Director of Mutuels, Board Investigator, and | 10 | | most recently Executive Director; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Marc Laino was instrumental in moving the Board's | 12 | | drug testing program to the University of Illinois at Chicago's | 13 | | Animal Forensic Toxicology laboratory in 2004 to protect animal | 14 | | health and uphold the integrity of the Board's equine drug | 15 | | testing program; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Marc Laino represented the Illinois Racing Board | 17 | | on legislation, House Bill 1918, which assisted Illinois | 18 | | racetracks and horsemen by creating the Horse Racing Equity | 19 | | Trust Fund and added a 3% tax on riverboats that grossed more | 20 | | than $200 million in 2006; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, In 2008, Marc Laino amended the Board's medication |
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| 1 | | rules to include the testing of anabolic steroids in | 2 | | racehorses, and simultaneously worked to get | 3 | | out-of-competition testing approved; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Marc Laino represented the Illinois Racing Board | 5 | | on legislation in 2008, House Bill 4758, which required 4 | 6 | | Illinois casinos to pay 3% of their adjusted gross revenue to | 7 | | the horse racing industry; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Marc Laino acted as the Board's representation on | 9 | | legislation legalizing advanced deposit wagering in 2009; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Marc Laino has chaired the Association of Racing | 11 | | Commissioners International Wagering Systems Security | 12 | | Committee; in April of 2014, he was named the recipient of the | 13 | | 2014 Len Foote Award by the Association of Racing Commissioners | 14 | | International, the highest honor bestowed upon racing | 15 | | commission executive directors in North America; therefore, be | 16 | | it
| 17 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 18 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 19 | | we congratulate and thank Marc Laino for his 31 years of | 20 | | service on the Illinois Racing Board and we wish him all the | 21 | | best in his much deserved retirement; and be it further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 | | presented to Marc Laino as a symbol of our esteem and respect.
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